Keyboard Patents

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A gallery of patents that describe technologies or illustrate designs relating to IBM and family keyboards, typewriters and keypunches. This includes keyswitch/actuator designs, ornamental designs (overall appearance), integrated pointing devices such as TrackPoints, and host systems such as PCs, laptops, terminals, consoles and electronic typewriters. All illustrations provided are from the patents themselves, which are believed to be within the public domain. A total of 145 patents have been recorded. The patent list is currently filtered to 4 patent(s).

U.S. Design Patent 291,806 (USD291806S)

A patent drawing depicting IBM's Multiple control element unit for data processing apparatus from a front-right perspective

Applied 24 Oct 1984

Published 8 Sep 1987

Expired 8 Sep 2001

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Name	Multiple control element unit for data processing apparatus
Inventors	Ronald I. Conway, Samuel A. Lucente, II, David L. Schaum
Assignees	IBM
Description	An ornamental design depicting an IBM 6094-010 Dials peripheral.

U.S. Design Patent 371,766 (USD371766S)

A patent drawing depicting Lenovo's Portable personal computer from a front-right perspective

Applied 1 Jul 1994

Published 16 Jul 1996

Expired 16 Jul 2010

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Name	Portable personal computer
Inventors	Samuel A. Lucente, II, Thomas E. Pangburn, Marco M. Rengan
Assignees	Lenovo (Singapore)
Description	An ornamental design depicting an IBM 2603 ThinkPad 500 series subnotebook computer and its Type 4 Model M6-1 keyboard assembly.

U.S. Design Patent 372,465 (USD372465S)

A patent drawing depicting Lenovo's Personal computer with extended keyboard from a front-right perspective

Applied 9 Jun 1995

Published 6 Aug 1996

Expired 6 Aug 2010

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Name	Personal computer with extended keyboard
Inventors	John P. Karidis, Samuel A. Lucente, II, Robert P. Tennant, Lawrence A. Stone, Michael L. King, Martin T. Tucker, Gerard McVicker, Richard F. Sapper
Assignees	Lenovo (Singapore)
Description	An ornamental design depicting an IBM 2630 ThinkPad 701C series subnotebook computer and its Key Tronic-made TrackWrite keyboard assembly.

U.S. Design Patent 372,471 (USD372471S)

A patent drawing of Lenovo's Keyboard from a front-left perspective

Applied 9 Jun 1995

Published 6 Aug 1996

Expired 6 Aug 2010

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Name	Keyboard
Inventors	John P. Karidis, Samuel A. Lucente, II, Robert P. Tennant, Richard F. Sapper, Lawrence A. Stone, Gerard McVicker
Assignees	Lenovo (Singapore)
Description	An ornamental design depicting an IBM TrackWrite Keyboard Assembly for IBM ThinkPad 701C-series subnotebook computers.